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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Stiles (ranked 5284 p4p, 471 weight class) and Christopher Graves (ranked 4868 p4p, 455 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Stiles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christopher Graves !
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stiles displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Stiles gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Stiles darts in looking for a takedown but Graves gets double underhooks and turns Stiles into the cage.
Graves lands with a good body shot.
Good shot there by Graves .
Graves tries to clinch but Stiles is having none of it.
Stiles lands a nice looking body shot.
Stiles fails to land the takedown.
Graves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Stiles tries to bum rush Graves with a series of wild strikes but Graves uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves scores with a jab to the jaw.
Stiles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Graves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stiles shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Stiles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Graves dips to his left and cracks Stiles with an uppercut!
A decent looking cross lands there for Graves .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stiles shoots in for a double leg but Graves sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Christopher Graves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stiles gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stiles misses with a combination
and Graves counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves . Stiles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Graves fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stiles manages to avoid it.
Graves lands a right hook to the body.
Graves showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stiles.
Sloppy strikes from Stiles. Those never looked like landing.
Stiles shoots in but Graves avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Graves digs a good hook to Stiles's body.
Graves doesn't manage to clinch there - Stiles circles away.
Stiles throws a series of punches but Graves avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves tries to clinch but Stiles moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stiles shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Graves fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
No joy there for Stiles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Graves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stiles shoots in for a takedown but Graves shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Graves wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Graves . Stiles does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Graves looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stiles defending well as Graves loads up on a big left hand.
Graves slaps away a takedown attempt from Stiles, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Stiles shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Graves dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Graves throws a body punch but Stiles moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiles avoids the body shot from Graves .
Stiles shoots in for a double leg but Graves sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stiles throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Graves 's waist but Graves gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stiles off to one side.
Stiles tries to score a power double leg takedown but Graves sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Stiles somewhat.
Graves tries to clinch up.
Stiles is looking for a counter combo.
Graves lands a jab.
Stiles lands the left hand.
Graves misses with a wild body shot.
Stiles appears to be looking for a big counter.
Stiles looks to land a right hand but Graves moved out of range.
Stiles shoots for a takedown but Graves saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stiles jabs at Graves 's body.
Stiles is trying hard to land a takedown here. Graves sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Graves is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Stiles rather than just go for the knockout.
Stiles scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Graves , as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Graves .
Graves tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stiles throws a right hand that Graves ducks under and follows up with a left that Graves also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Stiles.
Decent striking displayed by Graves there.
Graves lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Stiles rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Graves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Graves is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stiles had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Graves takes a swing at Stiles's ribcage but misses.
Graves misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stiles misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice jab there from Graves .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christopher Graves dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Graves connects with a body shot that sends Stiles's belly button to the back.
Graves has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Stiles shoots in but no luck this time.
Stiles tries for a takedown but Graves sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Graves clinches with his opponent.
Stiles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Stiles stalling against the cage.
A short left from Graves .
Graves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Graves misses with a body punch.
Graves doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Stiles.
Graves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stiles wants to break the clinch but can't.
Graves works on Stiles's body with a couple of short punches.
Graves tries a body shot but Stiles blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stiles wants to break free but Graves has control.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Stiles controls the action.
Graves tries a body shot but Stiles blocks it.
Graves lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stiles backwards.
Graves misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stiles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stiles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Graves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stiles working hard to break the clinch.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stiles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Graves has him pressed against the cage.
Stiles holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Stiles for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiles lands a left hand.
Graves is rocked!
Stiles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stiles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stiles pushes Graves against the cage. Stiles is working some dirty boxing. Stiles pushes off with a quick right hook! Graves goes down! Graves tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Stiles moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Stiles!
During a confident post fight interview, Paul Stiles thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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